What would you like in a superintendent?

Thursday is the final community meeting for San Antonio Independent School District residents to identify the qualities they’d like in a new superintendent before the search goes national.

Without advertisement, the district already has more than 50 applicants.

Trustees, who’ve acknowledged public disenchantment over their track record of ignoring public opinion and say they want to do better, have sought community input in all seven trustee districts.

While turnout at most meetings has been low, conversations have touched on issues ranging from business influence over district policy, low parental engagement, dwindling enrollment and the corrosive nature of board politics.